Amy pointed this out to me earlier in the week. Worth a read. Goes into the fascinating game design theory and process for Cranium‘s games, and some of the things they are working on for the smaller gamers among us. My brother Seth gave me Cranium for my birthday this year, and it’s clearly a great product. LINK (NYTimes, Free Registration Required, Archived after Two Weeks)

No, it’s not a new razor. The wrapping has come off some early screenshots of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 4, and boy does it look great (via Joystiq). Reportedly coming in Spring 2005, Gamespot is showing some great screenshots, and has a short preview. GameGossip has some alternate screenshots, too. By Spring, I’ll have to be using the headphones when playing this one, with the expected baby Trotz probably not taking so well to the sound of Willie Petes ‘xploding all over the place.

I’m a bachelor today. Amy is playing in Columbus, GA, returning Saturday night. Guess I’ll get in all my Halo2/GTA:San Andreas/NFL2K5, eh? Speaking of football games — EA has just announced a version of Madden 2005 for the freaking Treo! It will have an update soon to play over Bluetooth or 802.11b — (guess I have to get that 650 after all).